The story of Anakin single-handedly destroying a Luchrehulk-class battleship as nine-year-old with no spaceflight experience was clearly post-facto mythmaking by a historian working during the Skywalker Dynasty
BORING: Assigning "levels of canon" to Star Wars media.
NOT BORING: Construing all Star Wars media as variously motivated propaganda which actually exists in some notional Star Wars universe, often only tenuously related to real events, and loudly speculating about what "really happened".
NOT BORING: Construing all Star Wars media as variously motivated propaganda which actually exists in some notional Star Wars universe, often only tenuously related to real events, and loudly speculating about what "really happened".
December 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The story of Anakin single-handedly destroying a Luchrehulk-class battleship as nine-year-old with no spaceflight experience was clearly post-facto mythmaking by a historian working during the Skywalker Dynasty
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BORING: Assigning "levels of canon" to Star Wars media.
NOT BORING: Construing all Star Wars media as variously motivated propaganda which actually exists in some notional Star Wars universe, often only tenuously related to real events, and loudly speculating about what "really happened".
NOT BORING: Construing all Star Wars media as variously motivated propaganda which actually exists in some notional Star Wars universe, often only tenuously related to real events, and loudly speculating about what "really happened".
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
BORING: Assigning "levels of canon" to Star Wars media.
NOT BORING: Construing all Star Wars media as variously motivated propaganda which actually exists in some notional Star Wars universe, often only tenuously related to real events, and loudly speculating about what "really happened".
NOT BORING: Construing all Star Wars media as variously motivated propaganda which actually exists in some notional Star Wars universe, often only tenuously related to real events, and loudly speculating about what "really happened".
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Farewell positivity rabbit
December 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
FT once again shows why it's the best
"Once a critical mass of retail investors experiences losses or mismatches between marketing and reality, class actions are likely to follow."
as.ft.com/r/5e708cf5-c...
as.ft.com/r/5e708cf5-c...
Private equity may regret inviting in mom and dad
[FREE TO READ] Private equity wanted democratization. The courts may deliver it.
as.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
FT once again shows why it's the best
Honestly somewhat embarrassing that it took humans and our ancestors something like 400,000 years to go from reliably making fire to making ice cream for dogs
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
'It is the most exciting discovery in my 40-year career': Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England
Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more than 400,000 years ago.
www.livescience.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Honestly somewhat embarrassing that it took humans and our ancestors something like 400,000 years to go from reliably making fire to making ice cream for dogs
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Calling for a complete and total shutdown of all Nigels, until we can figure out what the hell is going on
December 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Calling for a complete and total shutdown of all Nigels, until we can figure out what the hell is going on
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Fascinating guest post on how the “democratisation” of private equity could end up biting the industry. www.ft.com/content/c460...
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Fascinating guest post on how the “democratisation” of private equity could end up biting the industry. www.ft.com/content/c460...
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
Okay, but the reason this is happening is that their market is almost exclusively China
Unless the CCP falls apart, we are not in an era where they will act as a normal buyer
So farmers need to either find a new market or a new crop, bc it's bad to let a few soyboys dictate national security policy
Unless the CCP falls apart, we are not in an era where they will act as a normal buyer
So farmers need to either find a new market or a new crop, bc it's bad to let a few soyboys dictate national security policy
Caleb Ragland, president of the American Soybean Association, on Trump's farm bailout: "This is a band-aid on an open wound ... what we truly need are market-based solutions"
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Okay, but the reason this is happening is that their market is almost exclusively China
Unless the CCP falls apart, we are not in an era where they will act as a normal buyer
So farmers need to either find a new market or a new crop, bc it's bad to let a few soyboys dictate national security policy
Unless the CCP falls apart, we are not in an era where they will act as a normal buyer
So farmers need to either find a new market or a new crop, bc it's bad to let a few soyboys dictate national security policy
As much as I lean towards relatively unconstrained speech & an open internet, we have to figure out a way to minimize the flood of violent threats that any & every public figure receives now
Currently, given many recent events, recipients *have* to take them seriously, while the senders safely lol
Currently, given many recent events, recipients *have* to take them seriously, while the senders safely lol
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
As much as I lean towards relatively unconstrained speech & an open internet, we have to figure out a way to minimize the flood of violent threats that any & every public figure receives now
Currently, given many recent events, recipients *have* to take them seriously, while the senders safely lol
Currently, given many recent events, recipients *have* to take them seriously, while the senders safely lol
Producers of kids' movies 💪💪🏿 groypers
"if you really think about it, the villains are actually the heroes"
"if you really think about it, the villains are actually the heroes"
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Producers of kids' movies 💪💪🏿 groypers
"if you really think about it, the villains are actually the heroes"
"if you really think about it, the villains are actually the heroes"
People misunderstand the poverty v precarity debate
If you're impoverished, you may have no choice but to remain in New York, the greatest city in the world
But if you're living precariously, you may be forced to spend a week in Hell on earth: the slopes of W Virginia or the beaches of Panama City
If you're impoverished, you may have no choice but to remain in New York, the greatest city in the world
But if you're living precariously, you may be forced to spend a week in Hell on earth: the slopes of W Virginia or the beaches of Panama City
December 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
People misunderstand the poverty v precarity debate
If you're impoverished, you may have no choice but to remain in New York, the greatest city in the world
But if you're living precariously, you may be forced to spend a week in Hell on earth: the slopes of W Virginia or the beaches of Panama City
If you're impoverished, you may have no choice but to remain in New York, the greatest city in the world
But if you're living precariously, you may be forced to spend a week in Hell on earth: the slopes of W Virginia or the beaches of Panama City
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I'm old enough to remember when Youngkin was held up as the non-Trumpy candidate, the Republican Party's way out of the quagmire of the Trump years.
Trump is considering removing DHS secretary Kristi Noem as early as Jan, four sources told @ms.now
Stephen Miller isn’t happy with pace of detention capacity expansion. Gov. Glenn Youngkin, possible contender for job, recently met with DHS/CBP officials
www.ms.now/news/trump-n...
Stephen Miller isn’t happy with pace of detention capacity expansion. Gov. Glenn Youngkin, possible contender for job, recently met with DHS/CBP officials
www.ms.now/news/trump-n...
Trump weighing Noem’s ouster at Homeland Security
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is on “very thin ice,” a White House official told MS NOW.
www.ms.now
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I'm old enough to remember when Youngkin was held up as the non-Trumpy candidate, the Republican Party's way out of the quagmire of the Trump years.
Wait.. why have they removed chain gangs, but field goals are still adjudicated by two guys looking at each other to see if they agree about where the ball went?
December 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Wait.. why have they removed chain gangs, but field goals are still adjudicated by two guys looking at each other to see if they agree about where the ball went?
Pretty wild that Nvidia has more than 10X'd in five years thanks to the US tech sector, but they're willing to sell this country out to our biggest geopolitical rival for just a few more gains
(And also that our President is facilitating it in exchange for money & nice words)
(And also that our President is facilitating it in exchange for money & nice words)
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Pretty wild that Nvidia has more than 10X'd in five years thanks to the US tech sector, but they're willing to sell this country out to our biggest geopolitical rival for just a few more gains
(And also that our President is facilitating it in exchange for money & nice words)
(And also that our President is facilitating it in exchange for money & nice words)
Rereading Bring Up the Bodies, I was going to try to figure out how folk wisdom didn't discern that women should rest ~a year between pregnancies, before I realized the obvious answer
December 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Rereading Bring Up the Bodies, I was going to try to figure out how folk wisdom didn't discern that women should rest ~a year between pregnancies, before I realized the obvious answer
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Bit of an Ohio astronaut situation, but the last two administrations have really turned antitrust review into a complete joke
Trump says Netflix market share ‘could be a problem’ for $83bn Warner deal on.ft.com/4aD6a3X
Trump says Netflix market share ‘could be a problem’ for $83bn Warner deal
US president says he will be involved in decision over media merger
on.ft.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Bit of an Ohio astronaut situation, but the last two administrations have really turned antitrust review into a complete joke
So much of MAGA is essentially family llcs operating within organizations that are supposed to be meritocratic or at least anti-nepotistic
Hegseth's wife is the shadow DoD CoS & his brother an advisor, Miller's wife is a shadow press secretary, Kash's wife has some nebulous authority at the FBI
Hegseth's wife is the shadow DoD CoS & his brother an advisor, Miller's wife is a shadow press secretary, Kash's wife has some nebulous authority at the FBI
December 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
So much of MAGA is essentially family llcs operating within organizations that are supposed to be meritocratic or at least anti-nepotistic
Hegseth's wife is the shadow DoD CoS & his brother an advisor, Miller's wife is a shadow press secretary, Kash's wife has some nebulous authority at the FBI
Hegseth's wife is the shadow DoD CoS & his brother an advisor, Miller's wife is a shadow press secretary, Kash's wife has some nebulous authority at the FBI
This is a good explainer (link below) of the "legal risk" Belgium keeps citing in its opposition to handing over Russia's frozen assets to the EU & Ukraine
Ultimately though, it just highlights Europe's rule-bound fecklessness
We're only here bc Russia has broken numerous treaties...
Ultimately though, it just highlights Europe's rule-bound fecklessness
We're only here bc Russia has broken numerous treaties...
December 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is a good explainer (link below) of the "legal risk" Belgium keeps citing in its opposition to handing over Russia's frozen assets to the EU & Ukraine
Ultimately though, it just highlights Europe's rule-bound fecklessness
We're only here bc Russia has broken numerous treaties...
Ultimately though, it just highlights Europe's rule-bound fecklessness
We're only here bc Russia has broken numerous treaties...
Ray Rice video on steroids
Himes: "I think it's really important this video by made public ... it's important people see what it looks like when the full force of the US military is turned on two guys who are clinging to a piece of wood and about to go under just so they have a visceral feel for what it is we're doing"
December 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Ray Rice video on steroids
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Beautiful golden hour shot of Sunset and a burrito robot.
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Beautiful golden hour shot of Sunset and a burrito robot.
"For All Virginia" sounds like UVA is making a irredentist claim on W Virginia
December 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
"For All Virginia" sounds like UVA is making a irredentist claim on W Virginia